Resorts you haven't been to but should

Ive got no other half to worry about, just the kids and they dont mind where they go like little W. It will be a first j2ski hol for me so i hope all goes well, especially being a boarder lol.

Just sooooo many to choose from

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Now thats better ......

1. Cervinia

2. Sestriere

3. La clusza

4. Anzere

5. Jungfrau region

6. Dolomites

1 & 2 are possibles for March and maybe 5 next year.

What's this?
Places you want to go or places you're told you should go?

I was hoping for feedback on the places I'd listed really mate

I was going on the thread Title " Resorts you have never been to but should" :shock:

Tut tut not reading the first post :lol:

I kind of get the impression after reading your reports that you like skiing something different every day and a bit of a challenge. I don't think you personally would get that in Soll/ Skiwet having already been to so many other resorts, may be wrong about that. Can't speak for any of the other places. We have got into a terrible rut of always going to same place/hotel. Mainly because of cost and because we always have such a great time and are scared we may not enjoy somewhere else as much. Mad I know! After this years disappointment am determined to go more than once and somewhere different.

SnowLily wrote:I kind of get the impression after reading your reports that you like skiing something different every day and a bit of a challenge. I don't think you personally would get that in Soll/ Skiwet having already been to so many other resorts, may be wrong about that. Can't speak for any of the other places. We have got into a terrible rut of always going to same place/hotel. Mainly because of cost and because we always have such a great time and are scared we may not enjoy somewhere else as much. Mad I know! After this years disappointment am determined to go more than once and somewhere different.

Yes I guess you're right. I don't like feeling I'm skiing the same runs over and over which is why obergurgl isn't on the first list as I know its a limited area.

I'd also get very bored going to the same hotel and resort over and over, although we did visit mayrhofen 6 times in 12 years. I can see why people stick with something they feel suits them though.

Maybe I over analyse things and read too much rather than just take the plunge and go to some of these places. And I can honestly say there's only 1 place I have been to for a ski holiday that I would not want to go back to ever again. All of the others I'd revisit happily, in particular verbier where I've only skied a week with my daughter and would love to take mrs h. Even sauze I'd go back to but only after a big dump of fresh snow.

OK Tony, for what they are worth, here are my thoughts on your List 1.

Dolomites: Awesome. Do it soon!

Bad Gastein: Yes please!

Ischgl: Must do it soon (before I'm the 'oldest swinger in town'). :lol:

Solden: See Ischgl.

Cervinia: Possibly a way to ski Zermatt 'on the cheap'. Fraught with danger if the lifts aren't open, although I can think of plenty worse places to be 'stuck' for a week. :-)

Crans Montana: Must read up. :oops:

Val d'Isere: Depends on how much more it's gonna cost than Tignes. -)

Schladming: Yes please! shares the same space on my wishlist as Bad Gastein.

Tony,
Why is Val d'Isere in one list and Tignes in the other one? I mean, they've got the same shared ski area, and when you're ski-ing you can't actually tell, from the type of run or quality of snow or anything, which area you're in.

The village of Val d'Isere is prettier than the Tignes villages (apart from Les Brevieres of course), but it's also generally more expensive.

Interesting thread - I think I've skied for a significant length of time in more than 43 resorts in my 41 years of ski trips (I've been to the same place more than once!)

But, as yet, I've never been to Chamonix, Zermatt, Verbier or the Portes du Soleil. I suppose Jackson Hole or Vail would have to be on the wish-list too. And the Dolomites.

I wouldn't bother with Obergurgl again - preferred Solden - and Whistler's mixed reputation for weather puts me off a little.